PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A massive winter storm isn’t just dumping snow on the eastern United States, it’s raising flood waters in communities up and down the Atlantic Coast.
In New Jersey, a restaurant owner says he’s stuck in his building because of flood waters. Jason Pelligrini of Sea Isle tells The Associated Press he was waist-deep in water after moving his car to a high point in town.
Emergency officials in Cape May County say flooding had first-responders busy, but that the waters were receding as the tide went out.
In Delaware, flooding closed a popular route to the state’s beaches and forced about a dozen people to be evacuated from the low-lying community of Oak Orchard.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says subsequent high tides shouldn’t bring as much flooding as towns saw on Saturday morning.